T.V. McGonigle - 'Mrs Hausengau' from The Barber Of Paducah

 The series of recordings of scenes from the opera 'The Barber Of Paducah' continues with another aria sung by Luigi Trasudante as Luigi, the Italian barber who has moved to Paducah, Kentucky to practice his profession as well as all of his shady business dealings. This time we have the lecherous Luigi starting up relations with the rich widow that lives on the hill, Mrs. Hausengau. Travis McGonigle, the composer, has been given a new lease on his long life, as he is getting more and more enthusiastic with each recording. 

Not only is Mr. Trasudante offering his services in the lead tenor role, he has been helping with preparation of the manuscript as well as using his connections in the opera world to procure an orchestra and conductor. There are plans to start recruitment of other singers for the other roles being worked on as well. 

An interesting insight is why McGonigle used the name Huesengau for the rich widow. It's all in the way Luigi the Barber pronounces it in his accent. Sounds like the word hoosegow, the slang term for jail! Appropriate for a crook and womanizer such as Luigi! To set the scene: The Barber Shop is just opening for business that morning when Luigi tells his brother Antonio about Mrs. Hausengau -

Sit down, Antonio! Before we get busy.

I have something, I want to say.

We gotta earn lots more money,

And I've found a good way!

I’ve been seeing a new lady,

Mrs. Hausengau

Here’s what’s in it for us today!

 

 Her names Mrs. Huesengau.

She live upon the hill.

She’s just might be the best one yet….

She’ll help us pay the bills!

She invite me to dinner, a few night ago.

Got nothing else to do, so I dress up and go.

We eat, we talk, and you know 

Luigi,We end up in bed, it was so easy!

 

 She’s lonely, since husband die,

She stay up all night, cry and a cry.

She been watching me from distance, what did she see?

A man for her….a possibility!

She’s old, and really not look that good…

But she got most money, in this neighborhood!

 

 I tell her my troubles, she give me money.

I cry on her shoulder, she give me coin!

I say how bad we got it, she  call me honey….

 

 The problem is.....she wanna marry me.

Well all her money, will belong to me,

BUT she too controlling, so I never do!

So I do this until it’s all through…

 

 I do it to her every night, Luigi can do!

I do what ever she want, she give me dollars!

She wrinkled, but in bed knows what to do,

I give it to her all she wants…until she hollers!

 

Really not so hard to do,

She's a woman, just an old one.

Old women need love too!

So it's a service I give her, and some fun!   

                                     

Luigi,Luigi, never get married, not even for her money!

Luigi, Luigi, I just keep calling her honey!

Luigi, you dog, you ought to be put in jail,

But with the women, I never fail!

I just like a modern day Don Juan….I keep a going, 

‘til a lot of money I’ve won!

LUIGI! LUIGI!HAA HAA HAA!!!

 

Luigi,Luigi, never get married, not even for her money!

Luigi, Luigi, I just keep calling her honey!

Luigi, you dog, you ought to be put in jail,

But with the women, I never fail!

I just like a modern day Don Juan….I keep a going, 

‘til a lot of money I’ve won!

LUIGI! LUIGI!HAA HAA HAA!!!